A judge has ordered that Charlie Gard will be moved to a hospice unless his parents agree a new care plan with Great Ormond Street hospital by tomorrow at 12pm.

The judge said it was in Charlie's best interests to be moved to a hospice unless other arrangements can be made in less than the 24 hours.

The name of the hospice will remain private, as will other, more specific, details.

Minutes before Mr Justice Francis announced the decision to the court , Charlie's mum Connie stormed out of the hearing.

She shouted, apparently at her son's court-appointed guardian: "What if this was your child? I hope you are happy with yourself."

Connie abandoned the court after a 15 minute break in which her representative and the lawyer for Great Ormond Street had a private discussion with the judge about how much time Charlie will have between leaving hospital and being extubated.

The parents' lawyer, Grant Armstrong, earlier asked for 48 hours to find an intensivist [a board-certified physician who provides special care for critically ill patients] who could look after Charlie for a few days.

But the judge said the indecision between Charlie’s parents and Great Ormond Street was "compounding" Connie and Chris’s misery.

"I have gone out of my way to accommodate the parents’ wishes," Mr Justice Francis said.

"I must consider Charlie’s best interests."

Connie and Chris desperately want their terminally-ill child to die in his own cot.

They have continually said they "promised" Charlie they would one day bring him home.

Little Charlie Gard (Image: PA)

But Fiona Paterson, a lawyer representing GOSH, said the parents suggestions for home care were "not in any way viable".

Today, she told the judge this situation "cannot carry on" and "can’t drag on into another day".

Connie and Chris, who are in their 30s and come from Bedfont, west London, had originally asked Mr Justice Francis to rule that Charlie should be allowed to undergo a therapy trial in New York.

Doctors at Great Ormond Street said the therapy would not help and that life-support treatment should stop.

Mr Justice Francis in April ruled in favour of Great Ormond Street and said Charlie should be allowed to die with dignity.